The comeback
2.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.8 years, then back at Smokin on the Summit (2019-07-19).
- last seen 2016-10-07
- back 2019-07-19
HOLY SMOKE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-08-08
latest 2019-07-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.42
last 3 Master vs avg 625.42 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±38.03
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.95 · weakest Brisket (141.28)
Road miles
2,400
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1168 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
625.42 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
HOLY SMOKE BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 145 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after HOLY SMOKE BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOLY SMOKE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3581 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 145.6800 | 163.24 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 156.5944 | 164.95 | top 45% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 145.6912 | 155.96 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1084 | 123.9772 | 141.28 | top 80% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.9 yrs
2014-08-08 → 2019-07-19
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
1 of 4 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.95 · weakest Brisket (141.28)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
625.42
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
92
33–59 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,400
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,168 mi
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
2016-10-07 → 2019-07-19
Power rating
1491
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off
- First call Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1200 Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score657.1200 Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1505) Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 *BBQ & Blues on the Levee
- 2019
- Most recent contest Smokin on the Summit
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5 | Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival | 2014-08-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Smokin on the Summit | 2019-07-19 |
| -1.6 | *BBQ & Blues on the Levee | 2016-10-07 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.4% | 79.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 31% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-19 | Smokin on the Summit 🏅 Unity Village, MO | 35 / 35 (571.9428) | 35 (145.6800) | 30 (156.5944) | 33 (145.6912) | 35 (123.9772) |
| 2016-10-07 | *BBQ & Blues on the Levee Helena, AR | 12 / 21 (647.2112) | 2 (178.2972) | 7 (168.5256) | 17 (157.6456) | 18 (142.7428) |
| 2014-08-08 | Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival N. Tonawanda, NY | 12 / 39 (657.1200) | 20 (165.7372) | 6 (169.7372) | 14 (164.5372) | 21 (157.1084) |
| 2014-07-25 | Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off Dodge City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |